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Your cart is empty.Battery charger for the BLX-1 Li-Ion with one BLX-1 Li-Ion Battery.
PMJ
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2025
This is a very expensive dock for the batteries used in the OM 1/OM 1 MkII. It is well made and comes with one battery but mine did not come with either a charger or USB C cable, requiring you to use the charger and USB C cable that came with the camera.Charging times seemed a little slow, but seemed to be the same whether you had one or two batteries in the dock however it works well enough. LED indicators show status but are not particularly detailed. OM System batteries for the OM 1 and OM 1 MkII are very expensive (around 20% more expensive than ones for Fuji, Canon and Sony) and this dock and battery follow that mold and seem very expensive for what they provides. Build quality is fine but it is an odd shape that takes the batteries lying down rather than upright which would have made it more compact and take up less space (a nit but adds to the feeling that this is not a well thought out product). I compare this to the FUJI charger (BC W235) for two batteries which has an LCD display.Overall an expensive solution for an external battery dock for the BLX-1 battery.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2025
Just got this delivered today. I charged my old battery which was at about 7% and it took exactly 2:07hrs to charge. The battery that came with it was absolutely dead at it took approximately 2.5hrs to charge. I don't think that's bad at all.
Traveller
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2025
Incredibly slow charging with my own high output USB charger - 12 hours for first 50% LED to blink. I resent Olympus charging me $200 for one battery and plastic case. They must be struggling financially to pull this stunt. It does not work well.
Gord Pellerin
Reviewed in Canada on September 8, 2024
Fast.
Moncs
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 26, 2024
Using the own manufacturers products means you get the real things doing the right things. Expensive yes, but, when you use some third party equipment you don’t know quite how its performance is affecting your expensive equipment.
Edu
Reviewed in Spain on May 21, 2024
Es el original de OM SYSTEM.Cumple lo que promete.
Rüdiger Remus
Reviewed in Germany on December 14, 2024
Wurde geliefert wie bestellt
Andy
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2024
Bought an OM1 and didn't want to be stuck charging the batteries in the camera, so this was a much needed accessory.
Roger J.
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2024
This charger/battery combo works for me bu is far more expensive than it should be.
skjc
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2023
This is a good item to have if you take a lot of pictures. I like not having to wear out the cover for the charging cable on the camera
Konquerian
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2023
For a charger kit that cost $200+ with a battery, one would think that a cable and an adapter would be included, so you can start using the charger immediately upon receiving the kit. However, I guess OM System thinks that it is reasonable to charge customer $100+ for a charger without anything else included. Instead, the company expects you to grab the cable and adapter that were included with your OM-1 camera to use for the charger. Luckily, it will work with any regular USB-C cable and adapter. I miss the good old days where you buy something like a battery charger you would get the little things like cable and adapter included. Apparently in today’s business model, it is to charge an outrageous price for a product that should only cost $50 and also to not include the essential accessories. I give this charger 2 stars. 1 star for charger working as it should and 1 star for being able to charge 2 batteries at the same time. Another thing to point out is, if you are used to the red and green lights for chargers indicating charging status, you will be put off by this charger’s light indication. It shows a blinking orange light to indicate that it is charging and the light will be off when charging is complete. At first when I saw that there is no light on, I thought that something went wrong and that the charging failed. But after trying with different batteries, I can confirm that it was just how the light signal was setup, and that the charger worked as it should. No traditional red and green lights like most of us are used to seeing. To sum it up, if you despise the idea of having to charge the battery through the camera and want to have a charger to charge a battery or two outside of the camera, this charger kit works as it should using your own cable and adapter. There are definitely OEM chargers out there, but I feel more comfortable sticking with an OM System charger, even if it is unreasonably pricey.
Jose A. De Leon
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2022
Even though the camera lets you charge the battery directly on it, I prefer having a separate unit to do so. It's so much more convenient, and it helps you avoid using the connection on the camera. Having it on camera is great when in a pinch where there is no other choice. But the charger avoids you of accidentally damaging the small socket on the camera. Having said all of this, I have three batteries, and they are always charged and ready to go. I think it's a good investment.
Capponi Giovanni
Reviewed in Italy on December 20, 2022
Permette di caricare 2 batterie simultaneamente e in maniera indipendente dal loro stato di carica iniziale. Si evita di dover inserire il cavo USB 3 nella fotocamera, operazione comoda perché non si deve estrarre la batteria dalla fotocamera per ricaricarla ma che, in caso di urto del cavo, solido ma rigido, potrebbe danneggiare l'innesto USB 3 della fotocamera. Va osservato che l'unità di alimentazione è la stessa che viene fornita con la fotocamera OM 1 System ma il terminale USB 3 viene inserito non nella fotocamera stessa ma nel prodotto in questione, che perciò consente solamente di alloggiare 1 o 2 batterie. Un plauso ad Amazon per la sollecita consegna.
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